Improvement in whip-socket and rein-holder



J. R. FINNEY.

Whip Socket.

Patented March 29, 1870.

I No. 101

N. PETERS, PHOTOLITH C D M 0 w H S A w R. E H P A R G 0 dinitcd gtatct name can .llctters Patent No. 101,247, dated March 29, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN WHIP-SOCKET AND REIN-HOLDBR The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J osnrn R. Eisner, of Youngstown, in the county of Mahoning and State of Ohio, have invented a new and improved Whip and Rein- Holding Attachment; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawing tbrmingpart of this specifica-' tion.

. This invention relates to improvements in whip and rein-holding apparatus for carriages, designed to provide a simple and convenient combined attachment,

so arranged as to be simply and readily attached to the dash-board, and that the socket or whip-holder will form a part of the rein-holder, all as hereinafter more fully specified. I

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my improved apparatus, with a part broken out.

Figure 2 representsa horizontalsection of the same.

Similar letters of rethrence indicate corresponding parts.

A represents a whip-holder or socket, consisting of a hollow cylinder, closed at the bottom, and connected to a metallic support, B, by the bent arms 0 D, the former permanently attached to the support B, and the latter so detachably connected that the holder may at any time be taken off, but, if preferred, the attachment may bepern'ianent.

From the upper arms D O to the top the support B is recessed, to form a considerable space between the whip-holder and the ronminin g portion of the said support.

In this space a rein-holding clamp,- E, is hinged, so as to shut against the'whip-holder A when swinging toward the horses.

It is provided with a spring hinge, F, to keep it closed.

G represents the reins, in red, clamped between this device and the whip-holder.

The surfaces of each may be roughened, if preferred, to hold the reins more securely.

It is customary to provide an India-rubber disk, H,

with a central hole at the top of the whip-holder A, through which the whips are forced when put intofthe sockets. The object of these rubber disks is tohold the whip steady.

They are commonly secured to the tops by nuts, I, screwed down upon their outer edges, clamping them bet-ween the said nuts and the tops of the holders.

The strain upon these disks, in forcing the whips through them, is so great that they soon give way in the fastening between the nut and the holder.

I propose to'remcdy this diificulty by inter-posing a wire ring, K, or, it may be, a cord in the outer edge of this disk, by forming the edge around the said wire, and uniting the two parts inside the said ring or cord, in the manufacture of the disks, or by any other suitable means. I

When so formed, and clamped between the nut and the top of the holder, the outer edges are very firmly secured, while the balance is free to stretch and contract by the action of forcing the whip-stalk through it, thus making a very much more durable holdingdisk.

For securing my improved attachment to the dasher I provide a lateral extension, L, with notches in the sides, near the end, and I also make similar notches in the top of the part F.

These parts I secure to the'dasher or other support by metallic staples, M, driven through the dasher and clinched or riveted, as represented in red.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combined rein and whip-holder, formed by the combination of the socket A, wired disk H K, extension B, and its arms I) and L, and the clamp E, said parts being constructed and arranged substantially as herein shown and described.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 20th day of March, 1869.

J. R FINNEY. Witnesses: I

FRANKBLooKLnv, ALEX. F. ROBERTS. 

